Police spokesman, Officer Frank Robertson III, says the devices will be sent to a lab for further analysis. Robertson says
the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives is now in charge of the investigation.

The Times-Picayune reported a mounted police officer was alerted about 9:30 a.m. to the suspicious
Ford F-150 pickup that had been in a Whitney Bank parking lot all weekend.

Robertson says the officer, who has military experience, opened the truck's door and found what appeared to be two incendiary
devices sizzling and smoking inside.

The discovery prompted an evacuation of the bank, nearby businesses and homes.